Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies

It surely is a great school. If your child is doing progressing according to his/her age and enjoys learning at the age of 4 .. parents get him/her tested for metairie academy. Beacause you want your child to be exposed to the currculum to stimulate the mind to keep up with his calliber. My son and daughter both scored above 99.9 for the test and school is just the right fit for them. It is certainly not about pushing the child and giving overload homework. They make sure the kids learn what they need to rather than those schools which will focus on just following school board mandate.
--Submitted by a parent

In response to the prior message, it's obvious by your lack of knowledge in very basic grammar (by not knowing the difference between there/their) that you do not qualify for a school like Met. Acad. It's easy to believe you failed out. It is first and foremost an advanced study/accelerated program school and, yes, the smart kids do excel. My child is going into his 5th year there and loves it. While I do agree that it's a little unorganized (but improving every year) and a couple of teachers do speak too harshly, overall it's a very good school and great academically. My child loves school and most of the teachers. Because he is well-behaved, he doesn't get yelled at. No school is 100% perfect and all have good and bad points. No school is going to please every single parent, but overall, the good definately outweighs the bad. If your child is gifted or even very smart, I highly recommend it.
--Submitted by a parent

They taught nothing to me ... I failed most if my classes because the teachers failed to teach most of the parents did there childs work for them and claimed there child was a genius.. kids would often cry over b's because of the parents pressuring them and the kids that didnt have there parents do there work were looked down on like they were stupid. Honestly I hated this school so much it makes me never want to put my kids in an academy.

My daughter has been going to Metairie Academy since second grade. Before her second grade year she went to St. Catherine of Siena, what a joke academically. She went from making straight A's at St. Catherine, never studying a day in her life, to making A/B's at Metairie Academy. My daughter has never had 5 hours of homework, so I am not sure what others are speaking of? I have only one complaint and that is the P.E. teachers speak to the children way too harshly, and so do some of the 5th grade teachers. My daughter loves school, but hates more than half of her teachers. They really need to pay closer attention to the parents comments on the teachers actions, they side with the teachers automatically. Academically the school is great if your child is gifted!
--Submitted by a parent

Great school! My daughter loves this school. She is in Pre-K and is learning so much. I can't wait to see what Kindergarten is like.
--Submitted by a parent

Excellent academics. Poor communication. Does not have a nuturing environment. Lots of screaming and yelling by teachers and especially coaches, which truly breaks the spirit of the children. Sad that it has so much potential, but falls short.
--Submitted by a parent

Because the education is diverse; the children are so creative; and because is affords those who could not pay for a better education.

I love my school. the teachers are nice, and make sure we stay focused on our work. The behavior system is excellent, but is a bit too much. The only downside is that there is a bit too much homework, sometimes so much, it takes 5 hrs. to complete. It's also a bit unorganized. For example, they send home a reminder for the bakesale a day before, or they don't post the homework. Overall, it's a excellent school.
--Submitted by a student

There are pros and cons to Metairie Academy. Certainly, the work offered the students is more interesting/challenging than they would find at any mainstream school. The downside is that, somewhere along the way, 'quantity' replaced 'quality' in the teachers' approach. In other words, they throw so much at these kids all at once, that nothing 'sticks.' Sure, if the kids 'cram' for tests, they can make the grade but, ask them the same material in a week and it's gone. The school would be better served in teaching a bit less and giving the students time to absorb it. You can tell that they are teaching to standardized testing schedules by the way they just keep shoving more and more at these kids. Someone needs to point out that we are educating children for a lifetime, not just for this year's LEAP. And, some basics are simply skipped - like phonics.
--Submitted by a parent

This school was a living nightmare for my child.As a straight A student, he entered this school with ambition and hope.I saw this part of him shrink every day as he was unable to finish the heavy work load, and the 5+hours of homework per night.The parent/teacher meeting we attended was also a tragedy. It turned out to be a shouting match between the teachers and parents.One teacher was very rude!This set the tone for a constant conflict.Rather than working together with the families of the kids to make sure they succeed, it seems they did everything they could to make it impossible.I talked with several other parents who were having similar problems, and we all decided that we were not going to let this school rob our kids of their childhood, and their joy. I feel sorry for the kids who still go there.
--Submitted by a parent